Wow what a detour that was! Cuba has to be one of the most unique places in the world, you are transported back in time as soon as the plane hits the tarmac!

We stood in a line that didn’t move for 3 hours…. thats immigration in Cuba, the fairly pleasant immigration officer behind the desk studied my passport photo for sometime and occasionally lifted his glasses to get a good look at my face, after several minutes he mumbled something thorough the glass, the mumble as ‘Take your hair down’, my reply ‘Pardon’, he gave a hand gesture up towards my head pointing to the bobble that as keep my hair up and repeated the ‘Take Your Hair Down’, …… right ok then, out came the bobble!!! He laughed and let me through, phew!

As soon as you arrive in down town havana you immediately start to hear the Cuban rhythms ‘Buena Vista Social Club’ playing in every bar and resturant and with this the strong smell of the Cohiba Cigar, truly wonderful!!

We stayed in the oldest nunnery in Havana (yes they let me in) and I was quite dissapointed that we weren’t awoken to the sound of morning prayer, we were awoken by the smell of Fried Eggs hich seem to be the Cuban Tourist Breakfast which they dish up with very strong black coffee and two bread rolls and jam!

The Mojitos are superb of course and my new found drink is the Cubanitos (Havana Club Rum and Tomato Juice), we visited the Rum factory - these drinking tours are becoming a favourite of ours and sampled the fine taste of Havana Club! Much better than Tequila I have to admit!

They have on offer in most restuarants these set menus hich are great value for about 5 quid and you get to taste fried meat (they fry everything) with black rice and beans! Cuba isn’t renowned for the food but you can’t have everything. They do have the best music and the bands wander from bar to bar playing their bongos and shaking their Castanetes!

Havana is amazing in more ways than one, the cigar rolling women are read to morning and afternoon with the latest novel of choice, they don’t seem to sell shower gel only soap, they band the dollar only 2 months ago and the most amazing of all ‘At 14 if female you are legally allowed to have hetrosexual sex, but the legal age to vote is 18′ clearly you can 3 kids by the time your 18 but no opinion!!!

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